Epic Games, Inc. v. Google LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 In re Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation Case No. 21-md-02981-JD
ORDER RE SEALING OF
COMPLAINTS 10
12 In this multidistrict antitrust litigation, the four plaintiff groups -- (1) Epic Games., Inc., (2) the Consumer Plaintiffs, (3) the Developer Plaintiffs, and (4) the Plaintiff States -- have filed motions to seal portions of their amended complaints. The motions are not based on Plaintiffs’ belief that anything in the complaints should be kept out of the public eye. They were filed in response to confidentiality designations made by defendant Google LLC. Dkt. Nos. 62, 63, 64; Utah v. Google LLC, Case No. 21-5227-JD, Dkt. No. 93. Google says that sealing portions of the complaints is warranted. Dkt. No. 74. The Court does not agree, and the sealing requests are denied. A hallmark of our federal judiciary is the “strong presumption in favor of access to court records.” Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003). …